A practical buying guide

Declared business links, domain control and exact URL checks

How can customers compare a business link with destinations declared by its domain controller?

TrueLink publishes a business record after a DNS domain-control check. Customers can compare the complete submitted URL with the destinations in that record, including paths, queries and fragments.

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A practical example

A business wants a shareable source record for customers checking its website and booking links.

What matters most in this setup

  • Declare complete URLs
  • Keep domain evidence current
  • Explain what a match establishes

A useful demonstration, step by step

  1. Confirm access to the business domain's DNS before setting up the record.
  2. List the exact website, social and booking destinations you want to declare.
  3. Complete the domain-control check and review the evidence and publication requirements.
  4. Compare an exact declared URL and a changed path or query, then inspect the resulting match or mismatch.

Check before you commit

  • DNS control and seven-day evidence freshness
  • Up to ten exact destinations per record
  • Active subscription and publication controls
  • Revision ownership and customer instructions

A match confirms the address is declared in that record; it does not guarantee safety or independently verify social account ownership. A mismatch is not proof of fraud.

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